Well it in paper review time and I just wanted to let you all know that i just received our package. so far after the first cut it looks like we have 17 papers assigned to our committee. i suspect that there will be more as things shake out. i haven't yet reviewed the "paper review process manual" but instead jumped right to papers. consequently, i can't talk about process yet--nor i have really tested the paper reviewing software. i am sure i will figure it out--so be ready to get some papers. at our midyear meeting david pearson and paul shuldiner agreed to work with me as a paper review sub-committee. i am sure i will be calling you guys to discuss things as we get into this and i get a handle on the software etc. for now i am doing some initial triage. bye for now. -- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)